The Third Reich in Desperation

"I've come back to this question just now." Marvin turned his head around in a daze and said, "It means that they have completely lost."

Alfred shook his head and said with a slight smile: "This is not the most important thing. The most important point is that this also means that they don't want to continue to resist at all now."

No matter how defeated a division is, it is by no means impossible to contact the rear.Since they have been unable to contact, it is very likely that the other party does not want to contact the current military headquarters of the Nordic Army at all.

"They don't want to continue fighting, that's why they don't want to contact us!" Alfred narrowed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "They should run away without reporting and leave the battlefield without authorization."

"They want to flee back to the country?!" Marvin couldn't believe that the army, which is known as the strongest in Northern Europe, would run away regardless of its image?

Although the Swedish division was defeated, they definitely still have no less than a few thousand troops.If such a military-trained force can join the Viborg defense line, it will greatly relieve the current pressure.

Compared with the cannon fodder that Alfred let him throw on the front line, Marvin was more optimistic about this volunteer army composed of professional soldiers who had failed but still had a huge base.

How could Marvin, who wanted to defend Viborg according to Germany's intentions, let go of thousands of soldiers who had a higher level of training than his troops.

He was even more willing to believe that the reason why the Swedish division could not be contacted was more like an accident than Alfred's worst guess.

"These are your personal guesses after all." After being stunned for a while, Marvin slowly organized his words, trying to refute Alfred: "Maybe, everything that is happening now is nothing more than accidents."

"No! This is not an accident!" Alfred said decisively with an affirmative expression: "What is happening now is by no means a coincidence, it was all deliberately done by the Swedes!"

"Why?" Marvin clenched his fists nervously and asked while sweating profusely.

"It's very simple, because what they are doing now," Alfred raised his lips slightly, "it's exactly the same as what I want to do."

Text Chapter 281

The decline of the Nordic Army soon spread to the headquarters of Marshal Mannerheim of Finland.Immediately afterwards, there was a resolution made by the rear government.

"They rejected Germany's proposal to form a military alliance?!" Staring at the telegram in his hand, Mannerheim roared like a tyrannical lion, "These idiots actually want us to expel all German military instructors, stop resisting the Soviet army!"

Looking at the angry Mannerheim, even if they hadn't read the telegram in his hand, the officers and staff officers on the side roughly guessed the content of the telegram.

Obviously, the defeat of the Swedish division became the last straw that crushed the government's will to resist.The disheartened government officials have decided to end this inevitable war.

"They should really come to the front line to see," as Mannerheim's number one fighter, Colonel Silasworth, who was discussing the war with Mannerheim, also snorted coldly: "Look at those who fell to us Cannonballs on the land, look at the Soviet soldiers occupying our land! All of this can be solved by weakness and compromise?!"

Just like the old saying from China, when the gun is fired, there is ten thousand taels of gold.Moreover, the Soviet army lost more than just money in this war.In this war, they lost a lot of troops and lost too much international prestige. When the Soviet Union won this war, they will definitely demand back everything they paid.

"This is really a bad decision," Mannerheim covered his forehead in pain, and said in a deep voice: "Cooperating with the German army is like seeking skin from a tiger, but after all, the territory of Finland is not of much value to Germany, and they will not annex us. But if we compromise with the Soviet Union, what we will lose is our hard-won freedom and soul.”

As a hero who managed to lead Finland to independence and get rid of Russian rule 23 years ago, Mannerheim could not accept this ending of another compromise with Russia.What's more, it is at the moment when Germany has already offered an olive branch of cooperation and proposed to send an airborne division to support it quickly.

After circulating the telegrams sent by Mannerheim one by one, a senior staff officer who felt that the situation did not seem to be irreversible raised his head, looked around and said: "I said, the telegram did not say that it was an unconditional surrender. The government They just want to sign an armistice agreement with the Soviet Union, cede Karelia to the Vyborg area, and lease the Hanko Peninsula to the Soviet Union as a naval base."

The idea of ​​the senior staff officer is very simple. Karelia has already been broken through, and the Norwegian branch of the Nordic Army in Viborg is impossible to hold. Ceding these areas to the Soviet Union does not change much from the status quo in essence.

As for leasing the Hanko Peninsula to the Soviet Union as a naval base, it doesn't matter.Taking out a peninsula in the Barents Sea is much better than letting the entire country be wiped out.Anyway, judging from the current development of the situation, the Finnish army is unlikely to win the Soviet army.

"Idiot!" Colonel Silasworth curled his lips and cursed secretly.

"Do you think it doesn't matter?!" Mannerheim's reaction was even bigger, and he took three steps and two steps, rushed to the senior staff officer, and then glanced around: "How many people think so."

Several other staff officers discussed in a low voice, but in the end they still didn't have the courage of the public to agree with the senior staff officer.

Mannerheim saw every move of the staff officers.The soldiers on the front line are fighting bloody battles with a tenacious will that attracts the attention of the world.But the few idiots in the rear are still trying to end this war with weakness and concessions.

The old marshal looked at these ineffective subordinates angrily, and said loudly: "Their greedy appetite is like a bottomless pit, and they can never be fed!"

Mannerheim thought of his own generation who overcame all obstacles to lay down such a small amount of land for an independent Finland, but now those politicians don't cherish these lands, giving them to others is like throwing away grass The same does not cherish.

Cut off Karelia today, Vyborg tomorrow, and then get a good night's sleep.But when I got up tomorrow and looked around the border, the Soviet army came again.Again and again, the land had to be ceded again in exchange for a moment of peace.

Then, Finland’s land is limited, and the desire of the Soviet Union will never be satisfied. The more land Finland concedes to them, the harder the Soviet army will invade in the future.At the end of the cession, there is no need for a war, who is strong and who is weak, and who wins and who loses can be determined at a glance.

"Now they ask us to lease the Hanko Peninsula and make them a naval base. At the same time, they also ask us to dissuade volunteers from various countries." Mannerheim's eyes were bright, and his body was trembling with excitement: "What about after that? There will be no outside world in the future." Support, the Soviet Union, which is aggressive and has no worries, will ask us to provide resources and cooperate with production, and then use various excuses to provoke conflicts with us, and then let us continue to make concessional compensation.”

Hearing this, several staff officers finally realized how many tricks and traps were hidden in this seemingly acceptable armistice treaty.

Once Finland really accepts the armistice treaty, what awaits them will be endless oppression and encroachment.At that time, they may not be as lucky as they are now, and have the opportunity to form an alliance provided by Germany.

Now, if they seize the opportunity, even if it is a temporary alliance with Germany, and then find a way to return to neutrality in the future, it may not be impossible to repel the Soviet army and regain the lost ground.But if the land and islands were used to curry favor with the Soviet Union, it would be like holding firewood to put out the fire. The fire will not go out until the firewood is burned out!

"Look at the Germans. Faced with the same seemingly hopeless situation, they chose to follow their head of state, Reinhardt, and strive to become stronger. In 20 years, it took them only 20 years to return from a weak and defeated country to a new one. The peak state. From the Rhine Demilitarized Zone to the Danzig Corridor, which time have they regained their land rights by retreating! Because they know very well that only the victor can truly win peace. No fire, no rebirth!"

"And now, now..." Mannerheim was emotional, and his words trembled a little: "These great role models have responded to our expectations from the beginning and promised to deliver as quickly as possible." The airborne troops came to support......As the parties involved, we changed our original intention and tried to compromise with the greedy enemy......"

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Berlin, the residence of the Führer.

Anticipating that the Finnish government was about to surrender, Reinhardt, who had only planned to be a favor from the beginning, put away the polite reply document from the Finnish government, with a smug smile on his lips: "Since it was you who voluntarily refused, then why not?" It’s no wonder we’re desperate for help.”

Text Chapter 282 Let's Go Back

The Vyborg Airport, originally built with German assistance, had been lent by the Finnish government to Swedish volunteers as an airport directly under it.With the defeat of the Swedish division and the destruction of their air force, the mission of this airport has temporarily come to an end.

But at this moment, the ground crew of the Swedish Volunteer Division Air Force, who were doomed not to wait for their fighter planes to return, welcomed the volunteers of the Norwegian Battalion who had assembled in a phalanx.

"The airfield directly under the Swedish division is temporarily requisitioned by the Nordic Army, and all ground staff will cooperate." These are the original words of the Norwegian commander named Marvin.

What are the Norwegians up to?This is the doubt of every Swedish ground crew present.

They knew that their troops had lost the battle, and there were even rumors that most of the Swedish division was trying to bypass Viborg, pass through the mouth of Vipley Bay on the northeast coast of the Gulf of Finland, and return home on a transport ship sent by the country.

At this time, they, the ground crew who seemed to be forgotten, could only stay in Vyborg City foolishly, expecting the Norwegian troops to protect their safety.

It has to be said that this situation is very embarrassing.

But now, even this embarrassing situation seems to be untenable.The Norwegians seem to have to run away, and unlike the Swedish divisions with a large base who choose to ship by sea, the Norwegians' way of running may still be by air!

Soon, a scene that surprised the ground crew of the Swedish Volunteer Division happened—about 20 ugly-looking transport planes with corrugated aluminum skins and angular fuselages, escorted by fighter jets, landed on their Base.On the side of the fuselage, they clearly saw the shining Iron Cross logo!

On the other side, Alfred, the commander of the Norwegian battalion who was forming the whole team, also showed unconcealed surprise.

"Did you really get the German transport plane?" Looking at his adjutant Marvin, Alfred suddenly had a lot of affection for this adjutant he had never liked very much.

He knew who Marvin and Marvin's superior, Quisling, were, and they both wanted to treat the Germans as godfathers.Before that, Alfred had always thought that as long as his adjutant didn't cause any trouble, it would be fine, let alone expecting him to be of great help.

Then, when he heard that Marvin wanted to keep all the Norwegian volunteers to deploy the Viborg defense according to the Germans' wishes, Alfred even wanted to knock this guy out and tie him back to the country.

Not long ago, he was still thinking about how to carry Marvin on his back, find a way to pull the troops far away, and wait for the opportunity to return home.But now, this guy Marvin actually got all the transport planes to take them back to China, and he can get everyone out of this ghost place directly.

What Marvin did at this last moment made Alfred completely change his original view.

This guy Marvin... is actually a good guy? !

"To be precise, the transport plane was not brought by me, but by the Germans on their own initiative." Marvin smiled, and said with some pride: "I heard that German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop took the initiative to send it through Minister Quisling. By building a bridge, we conveyed our goodwill to our government and proposed to send a transport formation to escort our volunteer battalion back to China."